Company Analysis

A10 Networks Inc (ATEN)

NYSE: ATEN · Computer Communications Equipment · San Jose, CA · filing with the SEC since 2013
Grade5.4
◀ Past 4.5● Present 5.9▶ Future 5.6

The grade of A10 Networks Inc

Nine metrics read from its own filings, by tense
Headline grade
5.4/10
◀ Past4.530% of the headline
● Present5.940% of the headline
▶ Future5.630% of the headline

All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.

All nine metrics read as filed from the record.

◀ Past

What did they actually do?

4.5/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Surviving crises

as filed
1.7/10

Has it survived what it has been through?

7 warning events since 2017; the latest 2023-06-14.

weight 33% of this tense · 17th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

A10 Networks Inc's filings since 2017 show 7 warning events of 4 kinds: a notice about its exchange listing (8-K item 3.01, the latest 2018-04-06); a warning not to rely on past financial statements (8-K item 4.02, the latest 2018-07-02); an auditor change (8-K item 4.01, 2 times, the latest 2023-06-14); a late-report notice (Form NT 10-K or NT 10-Q, 3 times, the latest 2018-08-10) (its current reports).

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Track record

as filed
4.5/10

What has it actually done, year after year?

+2.8% a year over 10 filed years; profitable in 6 of 10.

weight 45% of this tense · 45th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

A10 Networks Inc's 10 filed years say what it did: revenue went from $227 million in fiscal 2016 to $291 million in fiscal 2025, up 2.8% a year; it rose in 6 of 9 years; the deepest fall was 10% from fiscal 2022 to fiscal 2023; net income was positive in 6 of 10 of those years (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue growth over the filed span2.8%bottom 25% of its family
  • the share of years revenue rosebottom 27% of its family
  • the share of filed years with a profittop 43% of its family
  • the deepest fall from a revenue peak10.2%top 30% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Shareholder treatment

as filed
8.6/10

How has it treated the people who own it?

Share count shrank 1.8% a year. 76% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 6 sales, 0 purchases.

weight 22% of this tense · 86th percentile among 9 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

Over the 3 fiscal years to 2025-12-31, A10 Networks Inc's diluted share count shrank about 1.8% a year, and dividends and buybacks returned about 76% of its operating cash flow over 3 years (its filed statements). Its officers and directors filed 6 sales (5 under scheduled 10b5-1 plans) and 0 purchases of their own stock on the open market in the year to 2026-10-07 (their Form 4 filings).

What it rests on

  • the share count over the yearstop 11% of its family
  • cash returned against operating cash flowtop 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

● Present

What are they doing right now?

5.9/1040% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Financial health

as filed
6.4/10

Is it financially healthy right now?

ROE 20%: 20¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 66%: owes 66¢ per asset dollar.

weight 45% of this tense · 64th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

Return on equity: in the fiscal year ended 2025-12-31, A10 Networks Inc earned about 20 cents of profit for every dollar of shareholders' money, and gross profitability: its products earned about 37 cents per dollar of everything the company owns. Leverage: it owed about 66 cents per dollar of assets, and net share issuance: its share count shrank 2.3% over the year (the filed statements).

What it rests on

  • what it owes per dollar of assetsbottom 23% of its family
  • return on equitytop 27% of its family
  • gross profit against assetstop 30% of its family
  • the share count against the year beforetop 11% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Industry position

as filed
6.1/10

How strong is its position in its industry?

top 39% of 15 in its family; net margin 14.5%.

weight 33% of this tense · 61st percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

A10 Networks Inc's standing among 15 graded names in its industry family: revenue of $291 million in fiscal 2025 ranks in the top 37% by size; a net margin of 14.5% ranks in the top 23%; revenue growth of 1.2% a year over the last 3 filed years ranks in the bottom 43% (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the family$291Mtop 37% of its family
  • net margin14.5%top 23% of its family
  • three-year revenue growth1.2%bottom 43% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Leadership

as filed
4.5/10

What are the people in charge doing?

bottom 45% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2019.

weight 22% of this tense · 45th percentile among 8 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

A10 Networks Inc's leadership, from its insiders' filings and its current reports: the chief executive on the record is Trivedi, Dhrupad (Chief Executive Officer, as filed), filing under that title since 2019-12-04, 6.9 years (bottom 31% of its family); the 10 officers and directors filing in the last fifteen months have been on the record a median of 5.3 years (bottom 44%); 5 officer or director changes were reported on Form 8-K since 2023-11-13, against the 10 people in charge now (top 39%; fewer changes for each person reads higher) (the Form 4 record, its Form 8-K reports). Years count from a person's first filing in the SEC's data sets, which begin in 2006, so each is a floor.

What it rests on

  • officer and director changes on Form 8-K, against the people in charge5 in three years among 10 peopletop 39% of its family
  • the median years the people in charge have filed5.3 yearsbottom 44% of its family
  • the chief executive's years on the record6.9 yearsbottom 31% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

▶ Future

What are they set up to do next?

5.6/1030% of the headline grade · 3 of 3 filed

Room to expand

as filed
6.2/10

How much room does it have to grow?

top 38% of 15 in its family for room to expand.

weight 45% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 15 sector filers · read for itself

From the record

A10 Networks Inc's room to grow, from the newest filed statements (fiscal 2025): cash of $71 million against debt of $219 million leaves -23.4% of its assets as net cash, bottom 10% of its family; cash from operations less capital spending is 22.3% of revenue (top 23%); a gross margin of 79.3% (top 10%); research spending of 23.8% of revenue (top 27%) (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • cash less debt against assets-23.4%bottom 10% of its family
  • cash from operations less capital spending against revenue22.3%top 23% of its family
  • gross margin79.3%top 10% of its family
  • research spending against revenue23.8%top 27% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Growth drivers

as filed
6.2/10

What could actually drive growth from here?

top 38% of 14 in its family for growth drivers.

weight 33% of this tense · 62nd percentile among 14 sector filers · read for its customers

From the record

A10 Networks Inc's growth drivers, from the filed years to fiscal 2025: revenue grew 1.2% a year over the last three filed years against 2.8% over all 10, slowing (top 46% of its family); the newest year grew 11% (top 50%); research spending grew 5.8% a year (top 32%); capital spending grew 23.1% a year (top 25%) (its annual reports). A10 Networks Inc reported 2 product lines in fiscal 2025: Product at $167 million (57%), Service at $123 million (43%); 2 of 2 grew against the year before (its annual report).

What it rests on

  • three-year growth against the whole span-1.6 points a yeartop 46% of its family
  • the newest year's revenue growth11.0%top 50% of its family
  • three-year growth of research spending5.8%top 32% of its family
  • three-year growth of capital spending23.1%top 25% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

Expectations vs reality

as filed
3.7/10

Did its newest year beat what its own record pointed to?

bottom 37% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality.

weight 22% of this tense · 37th percentile among 15 sector filers · read for its shareholders

From the record

A10 Networks Inc's newest year against its own record: revenue of $291 million in fiscal 2025 came in 14.9% above the $253 million its prior three years' pace pointed to (top 37% of its family); net income of $42 million against a prior three-year average of $46 million (bottom 30%); a net margin of 14.5% against 17.3% before (bottom 17%) (its annual reports).

What it rests on

  • revenue against the prior three years' pace14.9%top 37% of its family
  • net income against the prior three years' average-8%bottom 30% of its family
  • net margin against its prior average-2.8 pointsbottom 17% of its family

A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build, read from EDGAR Nov 13, 2026.

The grade is the company against its own industry, from its filings. It is not a view on the share price. How the grade is made

SI Assistanton ATEN · research, not advice